S: (n) dacryocystitis (inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose)

S: (n) diverticulitis (inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation)

S: (n) encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis (inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use))

S: (n) dermatomyositis (myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals)

S: (n) polymyositis (myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals)

S: (n) inclusion body myositis (myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers); sometimes involves swallowing muscles; onset after 50 and slowly progressive; seen more often in men than in women)